Anyone hear about layoffs? I got word that it’s hitting either early next week or the next.

A day after Bloomberg reported that US chocolate giant Hershey Co. sought approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a massive cocoa bean hedge, Semafor revealed that CEO Michele Buck plans to step... — read more 

What are your thoughts about potential Hershey layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

A friend just got laid off in Pennsylvania.

Thoughts? Any Hershey layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

My question is do the health benefits of eating dark chocolate outweigh consuming lead and cadmium? https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/

This thread is for info about potential Hershey layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

The company that operates Hershey’s East Coast Distribution Center, Jacobson Warehouse Inc., a subsidiary of GXO Logistics Inc. will lay off 77 of the 228 permanent employees at that facility during a two week period that begins on Jan. 31, the... — read more 

What's your guess on how many employees the company will have before the end of the year? How about the overall headcount? And headcount at Hershey?

Layoffs are happening in the Hershey corporate offices now. Started in late Feb. 2018 and is expected to continue for 3 quarters. Seems to be mostly admin type positions. They seem to be keeping it very quiet. Morale is low, to say the least. Supply... — read more 

It's karma. They interfered with free enterprise and took choice away from the consumers by banning European dairy chocolate from entering the US in 2015. Their knee-jerk reaction was NOT to improve themselves when the competition was selling a... — read more 

So, do the math, we have about 16K employees (FTE) plus 1K PT - so, 17K total. If they eliminate 15% of the total number, we are looking at a fairly massive cut of 2.5K employees. How many families will be affected by this, and it's not like there... — read more 

Does someone have reliable info on possible cuts and layoffs in Hershey.

What is the likelihood of Hershey layoffs in Hershey in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

In the few cases I know, the older employees have been getting excellent marks, great feedback and then suddenly hit layoffs. Sadly, it does make financial sense for the company. Just truly an evil handling of some of most accomplished and productive... — read more 

The much anticipated cut back of salaried Hershey employees has begun. I know of at least 10 people at the Technical Center who were given their pink slips this week alone and several more in the corporate offices. As per past practice they are... — read more 

I left in 2011 but I heard that Hershey might be cutting jobs and laying off people in September or October 2015. Is there any truth in this or is this just a rumor?

Anybody has more updates here. I have been hearing that there might be (the emphasis here is on "might") some layoffs in the corporate office as early as Q1 of 2016. Now, people have been talking about layoffs and job reductions for many years now... — read more 

We are looking into laying off people again. There were several rounds over last few years. 2007 was pretty bad as we had a major reorg, we'll have a big reorg in 2014 or 2015 so you draw your conclusions right there. In 2007 we let 1500 people go as... — read more 

Havn't had any lay offs over here. Things are good.